Rockets To Waive Lloyd

Wednesday's notebook

December 7, 1989

THE HOUSTON Rockets plan to waive Lewis Lloyd, whose comeback from a drug ban has been slowed by an ankle injury, according to reports. Lloyd will be waived by the Rockets today, according to reports by The Houston Post and KRIV-TV in Houston. Lloyd has been on the injured list since Nov. 7 because of a severely sprained ankle. Lloyd had a brief meeting with Rockets Coach Don Chaney before Wednesday night's practice and left The Summit immediately after walking out of Chaney's office. Lloyd said he had no comment. ''You know what happened,'' Lloyd later told the Post. Lloyd was re-admitted to the NBA on Sept. 8 after a 2 1/2-year ban for violating the league's anti-drug policy. He struggled during training camp because of a weight problem, but seemed to be hitting his stride in the second regular-season game when he came off the bench to score 15 points in Houston's victory over Golden State. In the next game, however, Lloyd sustained the ankle injury. Also, guard Mitchell Wiggins, the Rockets' leading scorer, will be lost for four to six weeks because of a sprained ligament in his left knee he sustained Tuesday night in Seattle.

'I WANT A TEAM'

JULIUS ERVING, who retired two years ago from the Philadelphia 76ers after a 16-year pro career, said he has notified NBA Commissioner David Stern that if a franchise becomes available, he would like to be considered for ownership. Erving and business partner Bruce Llewellyn purchased a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia shortly after Erving retired. The two have several other business interests, including cable-television systems in Buffalo and New Jersey. Erving: ''I would be interested in being part of a good situation. . . . The timing has to be right, and the deal has to be right. The deals we looked at - New Jersey and Washington - didn't make sense.''

FALLEN SUN THE PHOENIX Suns placed guard Micheal Williams on the injured-reserve list Wednesday and activated guard Mike Morrison. The Suns also announced that guard Kevin Johnson will miss tonight's road game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a left hamstring injury and is questionable for Friday night's home game against Milwaukee. Morrison, a second-round draft pick from Loyola-Maryland, has been on IR since Nov. 2 with a strained ligament in his right index finger sustained in the preseason. Williams, acquired last June in a draft-day trade with Detroit, has a pulled left hamstring and will miss a minimum of five games.

WAIVE BYE-BYE PORTLAND WAIVED veteran guard Robert Reid and activated rookie forward Ramon Ramos. Reid, acquired from the Charlotte Hornets for Richard Anderson before the start of the season, had played sparingly for Portland. Ramos was placed on the injured list just before the start of the season because of tendinitis in the right knee.